Uncomfortable Labels

Uncomfortable Labels
Author: Laura Kate Dale
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2019-07-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1785925881

"So while the assumption when I was born was that I was or would grow up to be a neurotypical heterosexual boy, that whole idea didn't really pan out long term." In this candid, first-of-its-kind memoir, Laura Kate Dale recounts what life is like growing up as a gay trans woman on the autism spectrum. From struggling with sensory processing, managing socially demanding situations and learning social cues and feminine presentation, through to coming out as trans during an autistic meltdown, Laura draws on her personal experiences from life prior to transition and diagnosis, and moving on to the years of self-discovery, to give a unique insight into the nuances of sexuality, gender and autism, and how they intersect. Charting the ups and downs of being autistic and on the LGBT spectrum with searing honesty and humour, this is an empowering, life-affirming read for anyone who's felt they don't fit in.

Spectrum Women

Spectrum Women
Author: Barb Cook
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018-08-21
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1784508063

Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present empowering, helpful and supportive insights from their personal experience for fellow autistic women. Michelle Garnett's comments validate and expand the experiences described from a clinician's perspective, and provide extensive recommendations. Autistic advocates including Liane Holliday Willey, Anita Lesko, Jeanette Purkis, Artemisia and Samantha Craft offer their personal guidance on significant issues that particularly affect women, as well as those that are more general to autism. Contributors cover issues including growing up, identity, diversity, parenting, independence and self-care amongst many others. With great contributions from exceptional women, this is a truly well-rounded collection of knowledge and sage advice for any woman with autism.

Gender Euphoria

Gender Euphoria
Author: Laura Kate Dale
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1800180578

GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one’s birth-assigned gender. So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition centre on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful catalyst for coming out or transitioning. But for many non-cisgender people, it’s gender euphoria which pushes forward their transition: the joy the first time a parent calls them by their new chosen name, the first time they have the confidence to cut their hair short, the first time they truly embrace themself. In this groundbreaking anthology, nineteen trans, non-binary, agender, gender-fluid and intersex writers share their experiences of gender euphoria: an agender dominatrix being called ‘Daddy’, an Arab trans man getting his first tattoos, a trans woman embracing her inner fighter. What they have in common are their feelings of elation, pride, confidence, freedom and ecstasy as a direct result of coming out as non-cisgender, and how coming to terms with their gender has brought unimaginable joy into their lives.

Wired Differently – 30 Neurodivergent People You Should Know

Wired Differently – 30 Neurodivergent People You Should Know
Author: Joe Wells
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2022-05-19
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1787758435

This collection of illustrated portraits celebrates the lives of influential neurodivergent figures who have achieved amazing things in recent times. Showcasing these 30 incredible people, the extraordinary stories in this book show that the things they've achieved, created and inspired they did not despite being different but because they are different. From politicians, activists and journalists to YouTubers, DJs and poets, this book highlights a wide range of exciting career paths for neurodivergent readers.

Labels

Labels
Author: Arthur Hamilton Gibbs
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1926
Genre: England
ISBN:

Reeductaion and readjustment of children and parents at the close of the European War.

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Author: Emmanuel Acho
Publisher: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 125080048X

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series “Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man” “You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.” So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. “There is a fix,” Acho says. “But in order to access it, we’re going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations.” In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white Americans are afraid to ask—yet which all Americans need the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation, and “reverse racism.” In his own words, he provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. He asks only for the reader’s curiosity—but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the antiracist fight.

Creating Kids Who Can Concentrate

Creating Kids Who Can Concentrate
Author: Hilary Letts
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 073362863X

This book is about success and transformation. It shows how, with patience and energy, parents and teachers can turn a child who is noisy, clumsy and forgetful into a child who is calm, careful and attentive. Creating Kids Who Can Concentrate is a practical and realistic book that shows how parents and professionals can naturally and effectively develop a child's potential to become responsible and thoughtful in a remarkably short time. The authors provide expert guidance on: * proven techiques and strategies for overcoming barriers to learning * developing every child's innate skills * how a child is labelled as having A.D.D. * dealing with disruptive or bizarre behaviour, tantrums and children who won't listen JEAN ROBB and HILARY LETTS are teachers and therapists as well as the founders of Successful Learning, a British education centre dedicated to helping children to fulfil their potential. Their first book is CREATING KIDS WHO CAN.

Don't Hug Doug

Don't Hug Doug
Author: Carrie Finison
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2021-01-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 198481303X

Meet Doug, an ordinary kid who doesn't like hugs, in this fun and exuberant story which aims to spark discussions about bodily autonomy and consent--from author Carrie Finison and the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of The World Needs More Purple People, Daniel Wiseman. Doug doesn't like hugs. He thinks hugs are too squeezy, too squashy, too squooshy, too smooshy. He doesn't like hello hugs or goodbye hugs, game-winning home run hugs or dropped ice cream cone hugs, and he definitely doesn't like birthday hugs. He'd much rather give a high five--or a low five, a side five, a double five, or a spinny five. Yup, some people love hugs; other people don't. So how can you tell if someone likes hugs or not? There's only one way to find out: Ask! Because everybody gets to decide for themselves whether they want a hug or not.

BULLY, INC.

BULLY, INC.
Author: Peter Burnett
Publisher: Leamington Books
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2019-02-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0993227295

We have all worked for, or are working at Bully, Inc. An unforgiving workplace environment where the tyranny of the few is allowed to pollute the work experience of the many.It costs. From the estimated £20 billion lost to the economy alone each year in the UK to the day in day out rat-on-a-wheel drudgery and fear.In this game-changing book, author Peter Burnett dissects the phenomenon of Workplace Bullying ― which impacts one in three of the workforce. He offers a road map out of this infectious 21st Century workplace malaise. A malaise that stretches from the smallest offices to the Houses of Parliament ― itself charged with legislating on behaviour in the workplace ― to the boardrooms of the very biggest global players.BULLY, INC. shows how as a society we are now using technology to bully and how media itself can be charged as guilty in its preoccupation with celebrities ― visible in their own workplaces.BULLY, INC. answers your fundamental questions about workplace bullying:* What is and what is not bullying at work?* Why am I the target?* Why and how do bullies get away with it?* What role do bystanders play?BULLY INC. is the definitive guide to neutralising and eliminating the bully in your workgroup.If you're working at BULLY, INC. right now this book will help you.BULLYING affects one in three of the work force. Right now you are probably sharing an office with at least one person whose work life is being terrorised and dreads the everyday work experience. The economic cost of this is put at £20 billion per annum. Why? Because an unhappy, dysfunctional workplace is an inefficient one.BULLY, INC. reveals:* The range of health ailments associated with bullying at work impacting both mental and physical health;* The strategies for coping with bullying and ultimately routes to eliminating it altogether;* The identity of a major UK employer with a global footprint as a template for how to structure work relationships and how by offering a receptive and connected working environment bullying is virtually eliminated;* How new thinking about bullying controversially frames the bully as much as a target, as the bullied;* How one generation in particular has got it right in terms of their tolerances of bullying behaviours and how they are on course to neuter the issue for society generally;* How bullying permeates showbiz in the phenomenon of 'Bullytainment' - where some celebs find themselves subject to online trolling which in extreme cases has caused some to consider taking their own lives.